US20130104762A1 - Print-target fabric supporting device, printing apparatus and manufacturing method for printing on fabric - Google Patents

Print-target fabric supporting device, printing apparatus and manufacturing method for printing on fabric Download PDF

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US20130104762A1
US20130104762A1 US13/659,562 US201213659562A US2013104762A1 US 20130104762 A1 US20130104762 A1 US 20130104762A1 US 201213659562 A US201213659562 A US 201213659562A US 2013104762 A1 US2013104762 A1 US 2013104762A1
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    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
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  • the present invention relates to printing apparatuses that perform printing with an ink jet technique or the like on cloth, that is, on print-target fabric, and constituent elements thereof, and in particular relates to a print-target fabric supporting device to support print-target fabric having a cylindrical body portion such as a T-shirt and a manufacturing method of printed fabric.
  • Printing apparatuses that print a desired image on a surface of print-target fabric having a cylindrical body portion such as a T-shirt by discharging different colors of ink from ink discharge heads have been developed and used.
  • JP-A-2007-31888 a print-target fabric supporting device is disclosed in which a stretcher in a contracted state is inserted into the inside of a body portion of a T-shirt and thereafter expanded to stretch the body portion of the T-shirt outward so that wrinkles in the T-shirt are smoothed.
  • a print-target fabric supporting device in which a body portion of a T-shirt is set to cover a platen and a support plate that are connected to each other with a pin, and then the body portion thereof is pressed from above using a frame member so as to smooth out wrinkles in the T-shirt.
  • a print-target fabric supporting device in which a sheet-formed cloth is pinched between an inner frame and an outer frame whose perimeters can be varied so as to smooth wrinkles in the cloth.
  • the print-target fabric supporting device disclosed in JP-A-2007-31888 has a complicated structure and is disadvantageous in workability because operations of several steps are needed to be carried out to set the stretcher in the T-shirt.
  • JP-A-2003-312069 since wrinkles in the print-target fabric are removed using the frame member that presses the print-target fabric from above, improvement in workability can be expected to some extent. However, it is not easy to insert a T-shirt into a narrow space between a platen tray and the platen and support plate integrated with a pin. Therefore, the supporting device disclosed in JP-A-2003-312069, similar to the supporting device disclosed in JP-A-2007-31888, is disadvantageous in workability.
  • JP-A-2005-230147 since the print-target fabric held by the inner and outer frames is fixed on a base unit by fitting the inner frame onto the protrusion which is formed on the platen, improvement in workability can be expected to some extent. However, the operation of fitting the inner frame onto the protrusion is not used for removing the wrinkles in the print-target fabric. Therefore, the supporting device disclosed in JP-A-2005-230147 cannot necessarily be a print-target fabric supporting device that is appropriate for a print-target fabric having a cylindrical body portion such as a T-shirt or the like.
  • an avoidance-recess 103 or the like is needed to be formed in a support platform 101 to avoid interference with a print-target fabric T. This can cause a problem that design restrictions against stiffness in designing the support platform 101 or the like are generated.
  • An advantage of some aspects of the invention is to provide a print-target fabric supporting device that enhances workability of operation for setting print-target fabric, a printing apparatus including the stated print-target fabric supporting device, and a manufacturing method for printing on a fabric.
  • a print-target fabric supporting device includes: a holding member that holds a print-target fabric having a cylindrical body portion while being inserted into the cylindrical body portion of the print-target fabric; a base unit on which the holding member is fitted in a state holding the print-target fabric; and a print surface formation portion that is provided at least in any one of the holding member and the base unit so as to form a print surface onto which ink is discharged while the holding member being fitted on the base unit.
  • print-target fabric means “cloth” on which printing is carried out and includes natural fibers such as cotton, silk, wool and so on, chemical fibers such as nylon and the like, or composite fiber materials made by mixing those fibers such as woven fabric, knitted fabric, non-woven fabric and so on; note that the print-target fabric includes both a long-length material that is wound up in a roll and a material that is cut into a predetermined length. Further, the print-target fabric includes: clothes having experienced sewing such as a T-shirt and the like; various kinds of furniture having experienced sewing such as a handkerchief, a scarf, a towel, a curtain, a sheet, a bedcover and so on; and cloth before/after being cut that is prepared as a part to be sewed.
  • the invention is intended to be applied to a “print-target fabric” that has a cylindrical body portion such as a T-shirt among the materials or clothes mentioned above.
  • a holding member is made to wear a print-target fabric such as a T-shirt or the like so as to hold the print-target fabric, and a print surface onto which ink is discharged is formed by fitting the holding member on a base unit while the print-target fabric being held by the holding member. Accordingly, workability of setting operation of print-target fabric can be improved.
  • the print surface formation portion is not formed in any one of the holding member and the base unit but formed in both so as to form a print surface onto which ink is discharged while the holding member being fitted on the base unit
  • the print surface can be formed by making the holding member and the base unit flushed with each other.
  • a print-target fabric supporting device is a device such that the holding member of the first aspect is configured so as to be detachable.
  • a print-target fabric can be mounted on the holding member in a worn state where the holding member is detached from the base unit, mounting operation thereof can be carried out with ease and it is possible to mount a print-target fabric on the holding member beforehand in preparation for the setting operation. Therefore, the setting operation can be smoothly carried out particularly when a large number of print-target fabrics are needed to be printed on.
  • a print-target fabric supporting device is a device such that the holding member of the first aspect is so provided as to be capable of swinging relative to the base unit.
  • the holding member can be swung and placed at a position where a print-target fabric can be mounted with ease, thereafter the mounting operation thereof can be carried out. Accordingly, workability of operation of mounting/dismounting a print-target fabric can be improved.
  • a print-target fabric supporting device is a device such that the holding member of the second aspect includes a hanger portion that can hang a print-target fabric which is in a state of being held.
  • the fourth aspect it is possible to prepare a lot of print-target fabrics in a state in which the print-target fabrics are mounted and hung on the holding members in advance.
  • the holding member and the print-target fabric can be moved simultaneously by handling the hanger portion, the moving operation thereof can be carried out with ease as well.
  • a print-target fabric supporting device is a device such that, in any one of the first through fourth aspects, the base unit is a sheet-like element that includes a fitting protrusion that has a flat surface serving as the print surface formation portion and engagement border portions that are formed at a position receding from the position of the flat surface on at least two sides opposed to each other in the perimeter of the fitting protrusion; and the holding member is a frame element that includes a window portion to be fitted onto the fitting protrusion, engagement step portions to be engaged with the engagement border portions, and contact portions that make contact with inner surfaces at both ends opposed to each other of a print-target fabric which is being held.
  • the window portion, the engagement step portions and the contact portions are arranged on at least a pair of two sides opposed to each other of the frame element.
  • window portion also means a structure with one side thereof open, that is, not all the perimeter thereof is enclosed (in a case of a square window, a structure with one side removed among the four sides).
  • sheet-like element means a structure that is capable of having a flat surface serving as the print surface formation portion in this specification.
  • a solid body, a hollow body and the like are general examples of such structure. Note that holes may be provided in a portion that will not prevent the formation of the flat surface.
  • frame element is a structure that surrounds a certain area, and in which an opening such as a hollow space, a window portion, a cutout or the like is formed in part of surfaces configuring the outer shape thereof in general.
  • frame element just like the “window portion”, includes a structure with one side open, that is, not all the perimeter thereof is enclosed (in a case of a square frame element, a structure with one side removed among the four sides).
  • the base unit be a sheet-like element and making the holding member be a frame element, it is possible to use the upper surface of the fitting protrusion of the base unit as the print surface formation portion for supporting a print-target fabric as well as forming a flat print surface onto which ink is discharged.
  • the holding member be a frame element, the holding member becomes lighter in weight, thereby making it easy to move the holding member, mount a print-target fabric thereon, and so on.
  • the engagement step portions and the contact portions which play a role in holding action and stretching action to a print-target fabric, are set to be located at two sides opposed to each other in a direction in which wrinkles in the print-target fabric are smoothed out, the holding action and wrinkle-smoothing action can be efficiently applied to a print-target fabric with the holding member in a simple structure.
  • a print-target fabric supporting device is a device such that, in any one of the first through fourth aspects, the base unit includes a fitting protrusion and engagement border portions that are formed at a position receding from the top position of the fitting protrusion on at least a pair of two sides opposed to each other in the perimeter of the fitting protrusion; and the holding member is a sheet-like element that includes a flat surface serving as the print surface formation portion, a recess to be fitted on the fitting protrusion, engagement step portions to be engaged with the engagement border portions, and contact portions that make contact with inner surfaces at both ends opposed to each other of a print-target fabric which is being held.
  • the flat surface, the recess, the engagement step portions and the contact portions are arranged on at least a pair of two sides opposed to each other of the sheet-like element.
  • the holding member which is a sheet-like element, includes a print surface formation portion itself to form a flat print surface onto which ink is discharged.
  • a print-target fabric supporting device is a device such that the contact portions of the fifth or sixth aspect are so configured as to be capable of being extended in a direction in which wrinkles in the print-target fabric are smoothed out.
  • the amount of extension of the contact portions can be made larger, meanwhile as the size of a print-target fabric is smaller, the amount of extension of the contact portions can be made smaller. This makes it possible to correspond to print-target fabrics of a plurality of sizes with a single base unit and a single holding member.
  • a printing apparatus is a printing apparatus that includes a set tray having a print surface formation portion to form a flat print surface where ink is discharged onto a set print-target fabric; the set tray is the print-target fabric supporting device according to any one of the first through seventh aspects.
  • the printing apparatus can obtain action effects corresponding to the first through seventh aspects.
  • a manufacturing method of a printed fabric according to a ninth aspect of the invention is a method in which the printed fabric is manufactured using the printing apparatus according to the eighth aspect.
  • action effects corresponding to the first through seventh aspects can be obtained in the manufacturing of the printed fabric.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a general configuration of an ink jet printing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a print-target fabric supporting device according to the first embodiment of the invention, illustrating a state in which a print-target fabric is being mounted.
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the print-target fabric supporting device according to the first embodiment of the invention, illustrating a state in which the print-target fabric has been completely held.
  • FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the print-target fabric supporting device according to the first embodiment of the invention taken along the line IV-IV in FIG. 3 , illustrating the state in which the print-target fabric has been completely held.
  • FIGS. 5A and 5B are enlarged cross-sectional views illustrating an example of the principal portion of an extension mechanism of a contact portion of a print-target fabric supporting device according to a second embodiment of the invention.
  • FIGS. 6A and 6B are enlarged side views illustrating another example of the principal portion of the extension mechanism of the contact portion of the print-target fabric supporting device according to the second embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 7A is a plan view of a print-target fabric supporting device according to a third embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 7B is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the principal portion thereof.
  • FIG. 8A is a plan view of a print-target fabric supporting device according to a fourth embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 8B is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the principal portion thereof.
  • FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional side view of an example of a print-target fabric supporting device of the past technique, indicating a problem that occurs in the past print-target fabric supporting device.
  • a T-shirt in which a body portion Ta and sleeve portions Tb are cylindrically sewed will be cited and explained as an example of a print-target fabric (hereinafter, also called “cloth”) T, where a surface on the outer side of the T-shirt on which a print image G is formed is referred to as an outer surface 5 , a surface on the inner side thereof is referred to as an inner surface 7 , a surface that serves as a print surface and is located on the front side of the T-shirt when the T-shirt is held is referred to as a first surface 9 , and a surface that serves as a supporting surface located on the reverse side thereof which is opposite to the first surface 9 is referred to as a second surface 11 .
  • a print-target fabric hereinafter, also called “cloth”
  • An ink jet printing apparatus 1 includes a print-target fabric supporting device 4 configured to be appropriate for setting a print-target fabric T having a cylindrical body portion Ta on a base unit 3 .
  • a movement unit 17 is provided that loads the print-target fabric supporting device 4 thereon and moves it back and forth along a transport direction A between a set position S at which the print-target fabric T is set and a print start position K at a deep side with a print execution region 15 present therebetween.
  • the movement unit 17 is configured by a support base 29 extending in the transport direction A, a support platform 31 integrated with a slider 30 that moves back and forth along the transport direction A at the center of the right-and-left direction of the support base 29 , and a driving mechanism using a timing belt 43 that drives the support platform 31 .
  • the support platform 31 mentioned above is an example of a member provided on the support base 29 .
  • a base unit 3 which will be described later, is attached to the upper portion of the support platform 31 via a connection mechanism (not shown).
  • An ink discharge head 13 that carries out printing on the first surface 9 of a print-target fabric T set on the print-target fabric supporting device 4 by discharging different colors of ink is disposed above the print execution region 15 .
  • the ink discharge head 13 is installed in a carriage 21 that moves back and forth in the width direction of a main apparatus unit 2 as a scanning direction B which intersects with the transport direction A of the print-target fabric T. Further, the ink discharge head 13 is so configured as to move back and forth in the scanning direction B being integrated with the carriage 21 so that printing (ink jet printing) can be carried out by the ink discharge head.
  • ink cartridges 41 are provided to supply different colors of ink to the ink discharge head 13 via appropriate tubes. Further, at the right side of the main apparatus unit 2 when viewed from the front side, an operation button 37 for executing various kinds of operations and a display unit 39 that displays set information regarding the ink jet printing, various kinds of messages and so on, are provided.
  • the print-target fabric supporting device 4 includes: a holding member 25 that holds a print-target fabric T having a cylindrical body portion Ta while being inserted into the cylindrical body portion Ta of the print-target fabric T so as to stretch the print-target fabric T; the base unit 3 to which the holding member 25 holding the print-target fabric T is fitted; and a print surface formation portion 23 that is provided in the base unit 3 and forms a flat print surface onto which ink is discharged while the holding member 25 being fitted to the base unit 3 .
  • the embodiment is configured so that a tension force F is exerted on the first surface 9 of the print-target fabric T by making use of a change in relative position between the base unit 3 and the holding member 25 in a fitting direction C.
  • the holding member 25 A is connected to a bearing member (not shown) of the base unit 3 A in a rotatable manner via a rotational shaft 27 .
  • the base unit 3 A is configured of a sheet-like element that includes: a fitting protrusion 45 which is formed in a thick rectangular plate-like shape and protrudes upward in the fitting direction C across a wide area at the center portion of the sheet-like element; and engagement border portions 47 which are formed in an outside flange shape sticking outward in the horizontal direction at the lower portion of the four perimeter sides of the fitting protrusion 45 .
  • a flat upper surface of the fitting protrusion 45 is, in principle, the print surface formation portion 23 that supports the second surface 11 of the print-target fabric T.
  • the holding member 25 A is configured of a rectangular frame element that surrounds four sides of an area where a rectangular window portion 49 which is fitted onto the fitting protrusion 45 of the base unit 3 A is formed at the center thereof.
  • Each frame components 55 including engagement step portions 51 and contact portions 53 in an integrated manner are disposed at four sides of the holding member 25 A; the engagement step portions 51 are formed in an inside flange shape and engage with the engagement border portions 47 of the base unit 3 A from above in the fitting direction C, while the contact portions 53 make contact with the inner surface 7 at two pairs of both end sides opposed to each other of the print-target fabric T which is being held.
  • the rotational shafts 27 that are fitted into the bearing member (not shown) are provided at both ends in the width direction of the frame component 55 A while sticking outward in the width direction thereof. Note that the frame component 55 A is located at a rotation base side among the four frame components 55 .
  • grips 57 , 57 that serve as handholds when the holding member 25 is swung are formed at the center portion of the frame component 55 A at the rotation base side and the center portion of the frame component 55 B at a rotation free end side which is opposite to the frame component 55 A, respectively.
  • the holding member 25 A is rotated at an angle such that the print-target fabric T can be mounted with ease as shown in FIG. 2 .
  • the print-target fabric T is mounted in a manner such that the print-target fabric T moves with an opening of the body portion Ta thereof first so as to cover the holding member 25 A starting from the frame component 55 B side at the rotation free end side.
  • the holding member 25 A Upon completion of mounting the print-target fabric T on the holding member 25 A, the holding member 25 A is swung downward to the front side as shown in FIG. 3 so that the holding member 25 A and the base unit 3 A are overlapped each other.
  • the holding member 25 A moves downward and stops at a position which is lower than the print surface formation portion 23 of the base unit 3 A in the fitting direction C by a displacement amount indicated by symbol X as shown in FIG. 4 .
  • tension forces F indicated by the arrows in FIG. 4 are exerted on the first surface 9 of the print-target fabric T and the outer surfaces 5 at both ends thereof, which continue from the first surface 9 , so that the print-target fabric T is held in a state where wrinkles having been generated in the first surface 9 thereof are removed.
  • the holding member 25 which is light in weight and the position thereof can be easily changed, is made as a fabric-mounting member on which a print-target fabric T is mounted, it is possible to enhance workability of setting operation of the print-target fabric T and carry out printing on a large number of fabrics.
  • the fabric-mounting member mentioned above becomes light in weight, the workload of setting operation of the print-target fabric T is lessened and safety of the setting operation is enhanced. Furthermore, by not using the base unit 3 A but using the holding member 25 as the fabric-mounting member, an avoidance-recess or the like in order for the support platform 31 or the like to avoid interference with a print-target fabric T is not needed and stiffness design of the support platform 31 and the like becomes easier as a result.
  • the printed fabrics can be manufactured with better workability.
  • a print-target fabric supporting device 4 B according to a second embodiment of the invention is a device such that the contact portions 53 in the print-target fabric supporting device 4 A of the first embodiment are configured to be capable of being extended in a direction in which wrinkles in a print-target fabric T are smoothed out, so as to correspond to a larger-sized print-target fabric T.
  • this embodiment is configured such that the frame component 55 of a holding member 25 B includes a main frame unit 59 having the engagement step portion 51 in an integrated manner, the contact portion 53 capable of moving in an extension direction of a print-target fabric T with respect to the main frame unit 59 , and an extension mechanism 61 that connects the main frame unit 59 with the contact portion 53 .
  • extension mechanism 61 As the extension mechanism 61 , a helical compression spring 63 as shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B , a plate spring, an elastic rubber or foamed material, or the like can be used. In addition, the extension mechanism 61 that adopts a link mechanism such as an intersecting link mechanism 67 connected by a connecting pin 65 as shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B , a cam mechanism or the like can be also used.
  • the first surface 9 of the print-target fabric T is not sufficiently stretched, and in turn, wrinkles, sags and the like are generated in the first surface 9 as shown in FIG. 5A and FIG. 6A .
  • the contact portion 53 is displaced in the extension direction using the extension mechanism 61 as shown in FIGS. 5B and 6B .
  • the displacement amount is changed from X 1 , which is a value before the contact portion 53 being extended as shown in FIGS. 5A and 6A , to X 2 , which is a value after the contact portion 53 being extended as shown in FIGS. 5B and 6 B.
  • X 1 which is a value before the contact portion 53 being extended as shown in FIGS. 5A and 6A
  • X 2 which is a value after the contact portion 53 being extended as shown in FIGS. 5B and 6 B.
  • This generates an increase in displacement amount of X 2 ⁇ X 1 so that a tension force F according to the increase in displacement amount is exerted on the first surface 9 of the print-target fabric T as shown in FIGS. 5B and 6B in the manner indicated by the arrows F in the drawings.
  • the same action and effect can be also obtained as those of the first embodiment. Further, since the size of a print-target fabric T to be printed on can be enlarged with a single-sized base unit 3 B and a single-sized holding member 25 B, troublesome work of replacement of the base unit 3 B and the holding member 25 B every size of the print-target fabric T is reduced.
  • a print-target fabric supporting device 4 C is a device in which a holding member 25 C is provided in a detachable manner, that is, provided separately from a base unit 3 C. Further, the holding member 25 C is configured such that the frame components 55 are provided at only three sides excluding the frame component 55 A at a rotation base side among the four sides of the holding member 26 C.
  • a hanger portion 69 that can hang a print-target fabric T with the holding member 25 C wearing the print-target fabric T is provided on the frame component 55 B at a rotation free end side as shown in FIG. 7A .
  • the holding member 25 C is provided separately from the base unit 3 C as described earlier.
  • positioning projections 71 formed in a hemispherical shape are provided as an example of a constituent element that also functions as the rotational shaft 27 at the time of engagement, on inner surfaces toward the rotation base side of the frame components 55 C and 55 D on the left and right of the holding member 25 C respectively.
  • the holding member 25 C is configured by the three frame components, i.e., 55 B on the rotation free end side, 55 C on the left side and 55 D on the right side.
  • the holding member 25 is formed in a gate-like shape in which a side on the rotation base side is omitted.
  • the hanger portion 69 that has a hook-like shape and extends outward from the outer surface side of the frame component 55 B along a horizontal direction H that intersects with the fitting direction C.
  • the print-target fabric supporting device 4 C when a procedure in which a print-target fabric T is pre-processed, stored and moved, the holding member 25 C is attached to the base unit 3 C, and then the print-target-fabric T is held is carried out, the following are carried out.
  • the holding member 25 C wearing the print-target fabric T is carried and hung, making use of the hang portion 69 , at a position where the pre-processing is executed; then the pre-processing is executed on the first surface 9 of the print-target fabric T before ink jet printing which is subsequently executed.
  • the print-target fabric T having been pre-processed is stored in a state where the fabric is hung, making use of the hang portion 69 , on a bar for hanging or the like that is horizontally spanned.
  • the whole holding member 25 C including the fabric is carried using the hang portion 69 to the set position S of the ink jet printing apparatus 1 .
  • the positioning projections 71 provided on the holding member 25 C side are fitted into positioning recesses 73 formed at the right and left sides toward the end side of the base unit 3 C so as to adjust the positions thereof. Thereafter, a procedure in which the holding member 25 C is attached to the base unit 3 C, wrinkles in the print-target fabric T are smoothed out, and the print-target fabric T is held, is carried out in the same manner as in the first embodiment.
  • the print-target fabric supporting device 4 C can store the holding member 25 C beforehand in a state where the holding member 25 C can be immediately attached to the base unit 3 C, it is possible to respond to a case where a larger number of print-target fabrics T are needed to be printed efficiently through the setting operation being carried out smoothly.
  • the hang portion 69 By making use of the hang portion 69 , an advantage can be obtained such that the position of a print-target fabric T can be easily adjusted when setting the print-target fabric T. For example, through setting the print-target fabric T symmetrically with the hanger portion 69 to be centered, the center position of the print-target fabric T can be easily adjusted in comparison with a case where there is no hanger portion.
  • a print-target fabric supporting device 4 D according to a fourth embodiment of the invention is a device such that it differs from the print-target fabric supporting device 4 C of the third embodiment in that a holding member 25 D is configured by a sheet-like element and a base unit 3 D is configured by a frame element. Other constituent elements are the same as those of the third element.
  • an opening 75 is formed across a wide area at the center portion of a fitting protrusion 45 D of a base unit 3 D, and the fitting protrusion 45 D is configured of a frame element whose four sides are enclosed by frame components 77 in a rectangular shape.
  • an engagement border portion 79 having an outside flange shape and sticking outward in the horizontal direction H is formed.
  • positioning recesses 89 each of which is cut out in a hemispherical shape are formed like in the third embodiment.
  • border portions 91 are formed at three sides, i.e., the rotation free end side and the right and left end sides, extending downward in the fitting direction C; and an inner space surrounded by the border portions 91 at the three sides is a recess 81 that fits onto the fitting protrusion 45 D of the base unit 3 D.
  • each of the border portions 91 at the three sides there are provided an engagement step portion 83 that engages with an engagement border portion 79 of the base unit 3 D and a contact portion 85 that makes contact with the inner surface 7 at an end of the mounted print-target fabric T.
  • a positioning projection 93 On each of the inner wall surfaces of the border portions 91 at the right and left end sides, there is formed a positioning projection 93 , at a position toward the rotation base side, that has a hemispherical shape sticking out inward along the horizontal direction H, and fits into the positioning recess 89 of the base unit 3 D.
  • a top board 87 having a flat upper surface is formed, and this upper surface of the top board 87 is the print surface formation portion 23 that supports the inner surface 7 which is the reverse side of the first surface 9 of the print-target fabric T. Accordingly, in this embodiment, the inner surface 7 which is the reverse side of the first surface 9 of the print-target fabric T is the second surface 11 .
  • the print-target fabric supporting device 4 D when a procedure in which a print-target fabric T is pre-processed, stored and moved, the holding member 25 D is attached to the base unit 3 D, and the print-target-fabric T is held, is carried out, it is carried out in the same manner as that of the print-target fabric supporting device 4 C of the third embodiment.
  • the print-target fabric supporting device 4 and the ink jet printing apparatus 1 according to the invention are configured in this manner as described thus far in principle.
  • variations, omissions, or the like can be made partly in the configurations thereof without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
  • the holding member 25 is connected to the base unit 3 in a swingable manner while part of the holding member 25 being connected to the base unit 3 or an appropriate support member
  • various configurations such as a configuration in which the holding member 25 is linearly moved in a sliding direction with respect to the base unit 3 , a configuration in which the holding member 25 is moved in an oblique or curved manner while maintaining a parallel state thereof, and so on.
  • a mechanism that connects the holding member 25 with the base unit 3 a mechanism making use of crank mechanism, cam mechanism or the like can be cited and used. Further, a mechanism that drives rack and pinion mechanism or the like by an electric motor, a mechanism making use of a pneumatic cylinder or the like, and so on can be combined and provided as a mechanism that assists the movement of the holding member 25 .
  • the positioning structure is not limited to a configuration that uses the positioning projections 71 , 93 and the positioning recesses 73 , 89 which are adopted in the third and fourth embodiments, and a mechanism in which other guide members such as a guide rail, a guide rod, a positioning pin and the like are used may be employed.
  • the positioning structure mentioned above can be omitted.
  • the configuration is not limited to the configuration in which the contact portion 53 is displaced in the fitting direction C as described in the second embodiment, and it is possible to exert the tension force F on the print-target fabric T by sticking out the contact portion 53 outward in the horizontal direction H in a paralleled or slightly inclined manner.
  • engagement step portions 51 , 83 and the contact portions 53 , 85 may be provided on at least a pair of the opposing frame elements 55 , 77 or the opposing border portions 91 .

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